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| 2005-07-07
Thursday
07:00 PM | Verizon Wireless Music Center (Indy) in Noblesville, IN | | | 2005-07-08
Friday
07:00 PM | Germain Amphitheatre (Formerly Polaris) in Columbus, OH | | | 2005-07-11
Monday
07:00 PM | Tweeter Center Chicago in Tinley Park, IL | | | 2005-07-12
Tuesday
07:00 PM | Tweeter Center Chicago in Tinley Park, IL | | | 2005-07-14
Thursday
07:00 PM | Pepsi Center in Denver, CO | | | 2005-07-17
Sunday
07:00 PM | White River Amphitheatre in Auburn, WA | | | 2005-07-19
Tuesday
07:00 PM | HP Pavilion (Compaq Center) at San Jose in San Jose, CA | | | 2005-07-22
Friday
07:00 PM | Coors Amphitheatre -CA in Chula Vista, CA | | | 2005-07-23
Saturday
07:00 PM | Hyundai (Blockbuster) Pavillion in Devore heights, CA | | | 2005-07-24
Sunday
07:00 PM | Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV | | | 2005-07-26
Tuesday
07:00 PM | Cricket Pavilion formerly Desert Sky in Phoenix, AZ | | | 2005-07-28
Thursday
07:00 PM | Smirnoff Music Centre in Dallas, TX | | | 2005-07-29
Friday
07:00 PM | Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Selma) in Selma, TX | | | 2005-07-31
Sunday
07:00 PM | Hifi Buys Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA | | | 2005-08-01
Monday
07:00 PM | Ford Amphitheatre At the Florida State Fairgrounds (Formerly Tampa Bay Amphitheatre) in Tampa, FL | | | 2005-08-02
Tuesday
07:00 PM | Sound Advice Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, FL | | | 2005-08-05
Friday
07:00 PM | Nissan Pavilion in Bristow, VA | | | 2005-08-06
Saturday
07:00 PM | Tweeter Center @ the Waterfront (NJ) in Camden, NJ | | | 2005-08-08
Monday
07:00 PM | Madison Square Garden in New York , NY | | | 2005-08-09
Tuesday
07:00 PM | Madison Square Garden in New York , NY | | | 2005-08-10
Wednesday
07:00 PM | Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts (MA) in Mansfield, MA | | | 2005-08-12
Friday
07:00 PM | Comerica Park in Detroit, MI | | | 2005-08-13
Saturday
07:00 PM | Comerica Park in Detroit, MI | |
The Biography of Eminem
The
average rapper wouldn't be able to grace the pages of Rap
Pages, VIBE, Spin, The Source, URB and Stress and go on
a national tour months before their major-label debut album
is released. Then again, Eminem isn't an average rapper.
He's phenomenal.
The impending release of the Slim Shady LP, his first set
on Aftermath/Interscope Records, already has underground
hip-hop heads fiending for Eminem. Chock full of dazzling
lyrical escapades that delve into the mind of a violently
warped and vulgar yet extremely talented wordsmith, the
14-cut collection contains some of the most memorable and
demented lyrics ever recorded.
For Eminem, his potentially controversial and undoubtedly
offensive songs will strike a chord with a multitude of
hip-hop loyalists who believe they have little to lose and
everything to gain.
"I'm not alone in feeling the way I feel," he says. "I believe
that a lot of people can relate to my sh*t--whether white,
black, it doesn't matter. Everybody has been through some
sh*t, whether it's drastic or not so drastic. Everybody
gets to the point of 'I don't give a f**k.'"
Those words are more than just a slogan for the Detroit
resident. "I Just Don't Give A F*ck" and "Brain Damage"
are the two songs comprising Eminem's initial single from
the Slim Shady LP. Each tune is sure to paralyze meek listeners
with their relentless lyrical assault. Produced primarily
by long-time collaborators FBT Productions, the Slim Shady
LP also features beatwork from Aftermath CEO Dr. Dre. The
N.W.A. alum handled beats for "My Name Is" (the second single),
"Guilty Conscience" and "Role Model."
Dr. Dre was so impressed after hearing Eminem freestyling
on a Los Angeles radio station that he put out a manhunt
for the Michigan rhymer. Shortly thereafter, Dre signed
Eminem to his Aftermath imprint and the two began working
together. Thoroughly impressed with Eminem's previously
released independent Slim Shady EP, Dre said they would
include many of the EP's tracks on the album.
"It was an honor to hear the words out of Dre's mouth that
he liked my sh*t," Eminem says. "Growing up, I was one of
the biggest fans of N.W.A, from putting on the sunglasses
and looking in the mirror and lipsinking to wanting to be
Dr. Dre, to be Ice Cube. This is the biggest hip-hop producer
ever."
But like many other rappers, Eminem's rise to stardom was
far from easy. After being born in Kansas City and traveling
back and forth between KC and the Detroit metropolitan area,
Eminem and his mother moved into the Eastside of Detroit
when he was 12. Switching schools every two to three months
made it difficult to make friends, graduate and to stay
out of trouble.
Rap, however, became Eminem's solace. Battling schoolmates
in the lunchroom brought joy to what was otherwise a painful
existence. Although he would later drop out of school and
land several minimum-wage-paying, full-time jobs, his musical
focus remained constant.
Eminem released his debut album, Infinite, in 1996. Desperate
to be embraced by the Motor City's hip-hop scene, Eminem
rapped in such a manner that he was accused of sounding
like Nas and AZ.
"Infinite was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap
style to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present
myself," he recalls. "It was a growing stage. I felt like
Infinite was like a demo that just got pressed up."
After being thoroughly disappointed and hurt by the response
Infinite received, Eminem began working on what would later
become the Slim Shady EP -- a project he made for himself.
Featuring several scathing lines about local music industry
personalities as well as devious rants about life in general,
the set quickly caught the ear of hip-hop's difficult-to-please
underground.
"I had nothing to lose, but something to gain," Eminem says
of that point in his life. "If I made an album for me and
it was to my satisfaction, then I succeeded. If I didn't,
then my producers were going to give up on the whole rap
thing we were doing. I made some sh*t that I wanted to hear.
The Slim Shady EP, I lashed out on everybody who talked
sh*t about me."
By presenting himself as himself, Eminem and
his career took off. Soon after giving the Rap Coalition's
Wendy Day a copy of the Infinite album at a chance meeting,
she helped the aspiring lyrical gymnast secure a spot at
the Coalition’s 1997 Rap Olympics in Los Angeles, where
he won second place in the freestyle competition. During
the trip, Eminem and his manager, Paul Rosenberg, gave a
few people from Interscope Records his demo and he made
his major radio debut on the world famous Wake Up Show with
Sway and Tech. Realizing that this was the opportunity of
his lifetime, Eminem delivered a furious medley of lyrics
that wowed his hosts and radio audience alike.
"I felt like it's my time to shine," Eminem says of that
performance. "I have to rip this. At that time, I felt that
it was a life or death situation."
Eminem would soon record the underground classic "5 Star
Generals." This record helped establish him in Japan, New
York and Los Angeles. It also helped him earn a spot on
the inaugural Lyricist Lounge tour, which took him to stages
from Philadelphia to Los Angeles.
Set to take the hip-hop world by storm with his unique lyrical
approach and punishing production, Eminem and his Slim Shady
LP are sure to have listeners captivated.
"I do say things that I think will shock people," he says.
"But I don't do things to shock people. I'm not trying to
be the next Tupac, but I don't know how long I'm going to
be on this planet. So while I'm here, I might as well make
the most of it."
Bio Courtesy of Official Site Eminem.com
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